Details : India having uncountable numbers of street and slum dwellers . There are thousands of poor refugees coming every year from nearby countries and from different small towns and villages to the big cities and most of these families are living in a very poorly condition at slums or on street corners like insects . Normal societies are so busy to deal with their personal daily problems ,so have little time for these unfortunate people. With every such family most number are children below 12 years including both girls and boys. Often these families bring their children to help them in begging ,household work ,rag picking activities. So it is really a shame of the so called civilised societies.

We have got our few projects for these unfortunate street children at the different locations of big cities. Now there are opportunities available in and around Kolkata (ccu) city.

Kolkata ,the city of joy was known before as Calcutta since the colonial time. This ancient city was used to be the capital of British colonial period. This city has full of heart ,people are basically belongs to the middle class . There are also rich and poor people all around . City Kolkata is know for its busy traffic ,huge population ,warm welcome and poverty around the street corners! It is a great place to visit for every tourist coming to India. More over if anyone get a chance to live with the local host family then that brings extra bonus to any traveller .It helps to learn the culture ,tradition,language while staying within the normal people of the society.

Living on any hotel can never give any traveller such wide scope to know the society and communities as a whole. SMILE society always tries to give international volunteers a big scope to know about the local communities and understand the family environment.

Smile Society (ngo) had started their activities since 2003 ! From the first day children from the street around its’ project area became the SMILE family members! Activities started with washing,cleaning,cleaning cloth,cutting hair and nails and then basic education( pre-elementary ) / vocational training/art /craft /drama /language training /music training /other activities done for the children on regular basis. Once these activities over then lunch being distributed among the children at the project followed by different amusing games with the volunteers !! ThInternational volunteers can have a scope to creat game plan or vocational training activities for these angels. These projects are going the several places with the help of local community helper . We often welcome international workcamp volunteers and medium to long term volunteers to run these projects !! Volunteer can have a great fun to stay with the local host and learn local food habits/ culture/dress /cultural exchange programme on regular basis to learn each other as a part of the single SMILE family!! Volunteers would have great fun time altogether!

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Project:Repainting /reconstruction ( RENO )

Place:madhyamgram

Living cost : Euro 150 /head for direct applicants( it includes 3 times local food and shared room at local host family.

Details:- SMILE always believes in family type of environment !! Organisation always trying bring all Volunteers living at the same city can have a chance to live together with the local volunteers as a big family . So this year we are expecting to start such place with the help of our host families. So we are in need of volunteers in group to help in painting and construction our dream place which is known as volunteer shelter. simultaneously our sincere effort to have animal shelter,vocational training shelter, rain water reserver to store rain water for further uses. So our Renovation and painting project has a great importance on our different projects . We are trying to bring different activities at one place . Such shelter would be our base point to bring help around . Presently shelter is going on under the observation and guidance of local host family .

We welcome young energetic hard working international volunteers to participate in our RENO camps ! We also welcome groups to come and help us in construction and painting !! So for those who want to spend an exciting volunteer activities ! Please join this camps !!

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Project: Environment and Recycling Activities ( ENV )

Place : Madhyamgram and sealdah

Living cost : Euro 150 /head for direct applicants( it includes 3 times local food and shared room at local host family.

Details: In SMILE we always been very careful about the environmental issues. India is a country where waste management ,pollution , lack of environmental knowledge among communities been a great point of concern for the future environmental issues. India is a country generally based of agriculture but using of chemical fertiliser creating lot of diseases ! Drinking water , vegetable become poisonous ,so During these camps volunteer group help to plant tree saplings ,agriculture helper ,water management ,and recycling of the house hold waste to save our mother nature !!it is one of the important and valuable activities !!We need energetic and motivated youth!! project will be held at madhyamgram and sealdah area ! Help us to save our Mother Earth.

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Project:- Animal welfare activities ( Animal )

Location: madhyamgram

Living cost : Euro 150 /head for direct applicants( it includes 3 times local food and shared

Living cost : Euro 150 /head for direct applicants( it includes 3 times local food and shared room at local host family.

Details: In smile family we have a big love for domestic animals basically dogs,cats etc. in India there are huge number of street dogs and cats who are roaming unprotected and struggling for the life and shelter.There are no management system available for these animal.We organise several projects every year for these poor needy animals . Activities are mostly food distribution,grooming ,medication and taking care of dogs and cats at our shelter. We welcome international individuals or groups to help and look after these domestic animals during the camp. It is a fun filled experience for volunteers!! All volunteers taking this project should take anti rabies vaccination before joining these camps.

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Kolkata( itself is a great tourist place with its historical value ) is well connected with many famous and attractive tourist places during weekends …..

Short description: Sealdah is the main rail station of Kolkata (one of the old city inIndia )where nearly 300 street children lives with or without their family. Most of the children live these places with their family,also there are kids who lives alone at this place. Lack of food, education, medical facilities are the root of all problem .People are involving in different illegal activities due to the lack of job availabilities. Some people who lives here engaged in different types of work like daily labor, house servant, porter, Van puller and many other types of legal and illegal job.Since2003 ,SMILE is working at this place with the street kids in kolkata. Our target to bring Smile to every needy kids and we are trying to help these kids through out the year. Every Volunteer can get a chance to see and work with the neediest part of the country. You can always find yourself really important in this place. Only your love and affection can give these kids a chance to lead their life and stand on their own feet. Every Monday to Friday we provide different types of welfare service (eg: washing, cleaning, food distribution, medical service, teaching etc) and we need your hands in this mission. Every morning we help these kids to wash and clean and then provide them the basic education with the breakfast. Volunteers can have a very quality time in this project. After noon time volunteers are requested to prepare the lesion plan for the next day.

Direct applicants required to pay the living cost Euro 85/week/head for MTV projects and Euro 70/head/week for LTV projects. Living cost required to pay the host family directly on arrival for the full duration applied in advance and it is non refundable and non transferable in any situation.

Living cost includes 3 times local food and shared room at local host family.

Details : looking for volunteers having computer knowledge like office,web design,blog writing,online promotion,design etc. there are also places for manual assistants in different activities for the Organization. Volunteers should have open mind and flexible . Works related from cleaning ,washing, painting ,office work, out door ,camp leader assistant, assistant coordinator .

Open places : 6 for MTV 01and 6 for LTV 01

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Place : Kolkata,madhyamgram

Age: 16+ yrs.

Male and female welcome

Family welcome

Only international volunteer

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MTV & LTV Project open places list :-

PROJ. CODE

DATE

PLACE

PROJECT

VOL. REQUIRED

OPEN VOL. PLACES

MTV 01

ANY TIME

SEALDAH

Street Children Welfare and other manual work available

8

5

MTV 02

ANY TIME

MADHYAMGRAM

OFFICE Assistant and other manual work available

8

8

LTV 01

ANY TIME

SEALDAH

Street children welfare and other manual work available

12

8

LTV 02

ANY TIME

MADHYAMGRAM

OFFICE Assiatant and other manual work available

12

10

Youth and Senior Groups are welcome in our Group projects:-

* Street children welfare project ( SMILE Group project )

No of volunteer needed: 15-30

Starting date :- 1 st of any month

Living cost : Euro 150/head for 2 weeks + Euro 50 ( car transportation to and from project to home during weekdays)